If you were or are a writer do you prefer writing short stories, poems or novels, other? And what type of genre would you prefer?

Out of your five senses (touch, taste, sight, smell, hearing) which is your favorite?

If 100 people your age were chosen at random, how many do you think you’d find leading a more satisfying life than yours?

What was the last time you went to a new place?

The last time I went to a new place was during a trip to a Book Fair last summer. I tried to go to a farm that grows only lavender. The farm was actually only several miles south of my home place, but it did not exist as a lavender farm during my growing-up days. I have never been on a lavender farm, but I do enjoy the smells of lavender. I thought it might be interesting to see what a farm of only lavender would look like. I love growing things in my own gardens, and I do not have any lavender plants. After researching much about the lavender plant, I discovered that they came in all shapes and sizes. I thought I might get a few plants to start in my own garden. The farm was closed on the day of my visit. So I have not actually went to a lavender farm. Maybe I will go there this coming spring?

If you were or are a writer do you prefer writing short stories, poems or novels, other? And what type of genre would you prefer?

I like to think of myself as a writer, but I do not – as of yet- have a ‘chosen genre’ or even a ‘chosen length’ of preferred writings. I just sit down and write. Or at least that is what I wish I would do. I am a far better procrastinator of writing at the present time. I think that I would like to be a writer of both fiction and nonfiction- that would combine into historical fiction. I love the study of archaeology and the problems one finds in asking the “what if” questions. I hope that I will eventually settle on writing shorter novels of historical happenings.

Out of your five senses (touch, taste, sight, smell, hearing) which is your favorite?

Which of my senses would I pick as a favorite? I hope I never have to do without any of my senses, although my sense of smell is not as it was when I was younger. They say breaking one’s nose several times will inhibit the olfactory nerves? I do not think that I could choose a good favorite. The loving touch of my pup caressing me when return home… The taste of a fine pizza, of a grand spaghetti dinner… of a luscious Italian sub… the rush of a Mountain Dew on a hot afternoon… I certainly do not desire to do without any of those? Beautiful sunrises and sunsets…. Campfires at twilight… Black Pepper on sausage and gravy biscuits…. The sounds of the crescendos of a magnificent classical symphony…. No, I think I want to keep all of mine for as long as I can… No choosing!

If 100 people your age were chosen at random, how many do you think you’d find leading a more satisfying life than yours?

I think I would be near the Number #1 spot in satisfaction of life. On any given day, the satisfaction rate might drop a peg or two, but give it a few hours… Number #1 would return.